{Blog Tour} Goddess by Josephine Angelini: Guest Post + Giveaway

Eeeeeekkkk!!! I am so excited to welcome you guys to my stop on the Goddess Blog Tour, hosted by the awesome gals at Kismet Blog Tours!!!  Today, I have a very special guest post from the author herself, plus an even more awesome giveaway!  But first, a little about the epic finale that is Goddess:

Title: Goddess
Author: Josephine Angelini
Series: Starcrossed, book #3
Publisher: Harper Teen
Publication Date: May 28, 2013
Purchase: Amazon | Barnes & Noble | Indiebound

After accidentally unleashing the gods from their captivity on Olympus, Helen must find a way to re-imprison them without starting a devastating war. But the gods are angry, and their thirst for blood already has a body count.

To make matters worse, the Oracle reveals that a diabolical Tyrant is lurking among them, which drives a wedge between the once-solid group of friends. As the gods use the Scions against one another, Lucas’s life hangs in the balance. Still unsure whether she loves him or Orion, Helen is forced to make a terrifying decision, for war is coming to her shores.

In Josephine Angelini’s compelling conclusion to the masterfully woven Starcrossed trilogy, a goddess must rise above it all to change a destiny that’s been written in the stars. With worlds built just as fast as they crumble, love and war collide in an all-out battle that will leave no question unanswered and no heart untouched.

About the author:

Josephine Angelini is a Massachusetts native and the youngest of eight siblings. A real-live farmer's daughter, Josie graduated from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts in theater, with a focus on the classics. She now lives in Los Angeles with her husband.

Find Josie:

Website | Blog | Twitter | Facebook | Goodreads | Pinterest

Check out my review here!

18 Random Tidbits about Starcrossed and Me: 

1. I wrote the entire series either in my pajamas or in my underwear. I was never completely dressed. Not once.
2. When I started writing about Orion’s character, I describe his hair as “chestnut”. To me, chestnut always seemed like a medium-dark brown with faint red highlights—you know, like the color of an actual chestnut. It wasn’t until Dreamless was published that I learned through fans that chestnut is actually a red color with light-brown undertones. So I guess Orion’s a redhead. News to me!
3. The first scene I pictured, before I even knew what Starcrossed was about, was the scene where Helen and Lucas fall from the sky. I dreamed it.
4. I pace and talk to my characters when I’m working out a scene. I look like a crazy person—half naked, pacing, and talking to the people in my head.
5. Lucas was a total slut before he met Helen.
6. I don’t like sweets. I’d pick a bag of Cheetos over a cupcake any day of the week. And I just don’t get the appeal of chocolate.
7. The name Noel was actually my second-choice name for my cat, Rabbit. My husband got Rabbit for me as a Christmas gift, and I almost named Rabbit Noel because of it. When I gave the character Noel her name, it was because Rabbit was trying to sit on my keyboard and bite my fingers while I was thinking up with a name for Lucas’s mom. Voila!
8. The first 36 pages of Dreamless were not in the original draft.
9. I love coffee.
10. I’m a post-it note addict, and my husband finally had to cut me off and make me use the “Stickies” app on my computer because he couldn’t stand the clutter on my desk anymore.
11. He really did stage a post-it intervention, and I don’t blame him. I had one particular post-it note on my desk for over 3 years. It was something I thought of while I was outlining Starcrossed that didn’t come to fruition until the final chapters of Goddess. You think I would have memorized the note and not have needed it, but I kept that dusty, curling scrap of yellow paper with me right up to the bitter end. Even if my husband hated it.
12. I finished writing Goddess on New Year’s Eve in Puerto Rico. I wrote “The End” as the sun was going down.
13. I always need a beverage next to me when I write—water, tea, coffee, wine, more coffee. I destroyed 2 computers while writing the Starcrossed series by spazzing out, missing my mouth, and spilling some form of liquid on the track pad. Macs don’t like that.
14. Lucas is my favorite, but Hector is way more fun.
15. I love the number 3.
16. Every time I hear the name “Nantucket” I still think of the movie Jaws first.
17. I named Helen after Edith Hamilton, the Grande Dame of Greek Mythology.
18. I hate to drive. I like being driven, but I hate to drive.

I'm not gonna lie, I'm a post-it note girl myself.  Can't help it.  It's like a compulsion.  Must. Use. Post-its.  Besides that, I love that she named Helen after Edith Hamilton.  I despised that book when I had to read it in high school, but I have to admit, I remember so much about mythology because of it. I think I might have even mentioned it in my review of Starcrossed, though that might have been another mythological retelling. ;)

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Follow the Goddess Tour:

Monday, May 20th - The Starry-Eyed Revue

Tuesday, May 21st –  fiktshun

Wednesday, May 22nd – The Irish Banana

Thursday, May 23rd –  YA Bibliophile

Friday, May 24th –  Supernatural Snark

Monday, May 27th - Birth of a new Witch 

Tuesday, May 28th – Refracted Light Reviews

Wednesday, May 29th –  Tales of a Ravenous Reader

Thursday, May 30th – Hobbitsies

Friday, May 31st –   Reading Teen

Monday, June 3rd - Parajunkee

Tuesday, June 4th – Buried in Books

Wednesday, June 5th – Candace Book Blog

Thursday, June 6th –  Alison Can Read

Friday, June 7th –  Book Twirps

The Starcrossed series by Josephine Angelini -- Available Now!!      

Starcrossed: Goodreads |  Amazon | Barnes & Noble | Indiebound    

Dreamless: Goodreads |  Amazon | Barnes & Noble | Indiebound           

Starcrossed City (novella prequel to Starcrossed): Goodreads |  exclusively on Josephine's website

Thanks for stopping by & happy reading!

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